In the chain of the Aleuts the next Island to the west of Attu are the Russian Commander Islands just 208 miles (181 nmi; 335 km) away.
Harvest green onions before the root systems form bulbs. Green onions, also known as scallions, reward home growers with the pungent flavor of onions in far less time than it takes to bring a bulb onion to maturity. The slender, long vegetables consist mainly of the above-ground parts of conventional onion plants.
1 If you grow your own onions, plan to store onions that you plant during the spring.  Onions are ready to harvest for storage in the late summer or early fall, when the top of the plant begins to fall over and dry up.